Wednesday, July 22, 2009

China's Grandmothers on duty

Here we are just inside Tengwang and a lovely lady came up to compliment Sarah on her lovely daughter. In the fall and winter some of these ladies scold new mothers about not having the baby properly dressed for the cold weather. That isn't a problem here today given that it's abot 37 Celsius in the shade. For those of you who no habla Celsius - I've been working hard on my Mandarin, can y'all tell? -, it's really easy to remember: 37 C = 98.6 F. Body temperature water for a shower or bath is teriffic; body temperature outside air is decidedly not...

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